Kohgen

Asuka

$137.00 USD

Sweet and rich agarwood A unique, easy-to-remember, and distinctive scent.Shinkun Asuka is a high-quality incense stick that uses plenty of high-quality natural fragrances, including precious fragrant wood agarwood. Many people also use it as incense. The scent is a sweet, rich, classic scent with a slightly modern touch. Although it is an old-fashioned incense stick, it is a long-selling incense stick that has been used by those who use it for a long time. A scent that cannot be found in other companies Another feature of Asuka is that it has a scent that cannot be found in other companies. In terms of rank, it is a higher quality product than Heian incense, but in terms of the flow, it goes from Reiring incense → Agarwood Reiring incense → Heian incense → Shikun Asuka → Kara Tenchi → Specially selected Kara Tenpei. Sakai City, Osaka, where Kunmeido, a Sakai incense stick specializing in traditional scents, is located, has flourished as a trade center since the Azuchi-Momoyama era. It is also famous for its thriving incense making industry, probably because it was easy to obtain incense raw materials through trade with overseas countries. Sakai's incense sticks are characterized by their traditional scent, which is a combination of Chinese medicine. Hundreds of years later, this tradition continues to be passed down, and Mr. Baieido and Mr. Shiseido Kida are also good at creating mellow scents that you will never get tired of. A mellow yet unique scent Kunmyodo has placed incense sticks called Reiryo incense at Eiheiji Temple in Fukui Prefecture, which is famous as the head temple of the Soto sect. The incense sticks made by Kunmeido have the characteristics of Sakai incense sticks, but all of them have a unique and attractive scent that feels like Kunmeido. Like Reirinka, there are many people who become fans and continue using it, saying, ``This is the scent after all.''